NATE BRANER

Cokato, MN – ad2i5e@r.postjobfree.com – 952-***-**** – LinkedIn.com/in/nathan-braner/

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER & DEVELOPER

Data-Driven Product Strategist • Cloud Solutions Expert • Full Stack Developer

Methodical technical lead with 8+ years of experience as a software engineer and PHP, backend, and full stack developer. Specific expertise in scalability as it pertains to technical requirements and code writing for the startup B2B retail and e-commerce industries. Track record of guiding high-performing teams through priority product sprints and solutions-focused agile environments.

HIGHLIGHTS &

ACHIEVEMENTS

Lead teams of 9+ to deliver continuous deployment with low failure rates and quick time frames

8+ years’ experience developing scalable web applications using Laravel and Vue.js

Adept in OPP/code planning and TDD testing methodologies.

Transitioned several teams to an agile environment, one during a particularly complex move to AWS/GCP

Increased data pipeline speed by hours during strategic technical modernization initiative

TECHNOLOGIES

MySQL AWS Postgres BigQuery PHP Laravel PHP Symphony Python FastAPI Python Flask JavaScript GitHub CI Vue.js Angular React WordPress Google Cloud Platform Kubernetes Salesforce Terraform

Airflow API Data Models Logging Training SQL Predictive Models ETL Computer Science Snowflake Kubeflow Infrastructure Design Patterns Data Warehouse Data Engineer Jenkins Ansible CSV Technologies Json Flows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER / TECHNICAL LEAD Torqata Data & Analytics Feb 2022 – Oct 2023

Inventory, pricing, and lead generation platform powered by data, serving automotive retail businesses. *Company sold in October 2023.

Pioneered and orchestrated the evolution of Torqata's foundational retailer application, bringing about significant product innovations that enhanced user experience and increased product adoption.

oUnveiled new shopping system that brought purchasing in-house; reduced cart abandonment rates and spiked sales conversions with features like intuitive product screens and streamlined shopping carts.

oReworked platform to merge several technologies, and as a result, established company’s first automatic ordering capabilities based on customer transaction data.

oRan a lean and efficient agile environment to achieve a faster go-to-market timeline for two new product offerings, including a demo environment to support sales teams (3 months/initiative)

Collaborated with product team and designers to analyze customer transaction insights and offered data-driven recommendations for feature developments.

oExample: Brought to market real-time inventory recommendations feature, an upgrade from adhoc feature, available in 3-, 6-, and 12-month windows (only annual window was available previously).

oResult: Intuitive user experience increased average order value and improved customer retention.

Engineered an advanced microservice tracing system employing Open Telemetry, allowing vendor agnostic implementations, however using Google Clouds observability offerings.

As the tech lead, mastered a comprehensive technology stack, including Google Cloud Suite, Kubernetes, Python FastAPI, Salesforce, Terraform, Open Telemetry and more.

Direct oversight over 9 employees, including senior front-end engineers, software engineers, data scientists, and analytics leads, exceeding in team development.

CONTRACT FULL STACK & BACKEND DEVELOPER Self-Employed March 2020 – Present

Contracted by companies to spearhead application design, development, maintenance, and integrations, as well as oversee data analytics. Specific offerings include:

Developing robust, scalable, and efficient web applications (Laravel, Vue.js).

Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and plan sprints.

Design database structures to support application functionality and performance (AWS, MySQL).

Conduct advanced quality assurance/regression testing to reduce software defects and ensure performance.

BI WorldWide

Spearheaded the revitalization of legacy products, streamlined and refined Laravel applications to fortify security/stability, and executed advanced regression testing tools.

Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions

Championed the deliberate retirement of legacy products and implemented more efficient, modern integrations.

oResult: Increased data pipeline speed by hours and streamlined software operations through refactoring work and memory management.

Specific focus on organizational change management; guided team through transition to agile environment during a move to AWS/GCP, accelerating and prioritizing sprint windows/product development cycles.

Eco Ear Service Company

Migrated and built login functionality into new platform that used Concrete5 framework (PHP).

DEVELOPER / SCRUM MASTER USA Clay Target League March 2018 – March 2020

501(c)(3) non-profit / independent provider of clay target shooting sports for secondary and postsecondary schools.

Oversaw the creation of auxiliary mini-apps, revitalizing legacy applications; played a pivotal role in the company’s ability to accommodate new National and College Competitions and drive additional revenue.

Introduced agile framework for product development, directly influencing how fast the tech team delivered features, applications, and overall architecture design.

WEB DEVELOPER / SUPPORT ENGINEER EcreativeWorks Jan 2016 – March 2018

Web development agency serving industrial manufacturers and distributors, as well as e-commerce and B2C clients.

Picked to spearhead the design and deployment of a custom internal time-tracking tool after experiencing roadblocks from another team. Built a streamlined, efficient tool utilizing the Laravel framework.

oResult: Boosted operational efficiencies for 10 developers; ensured data consistency and reliability in Salesforce.

Collaborated with management and clients to conceptualize and institute forward-thinking e-commerce/SEO strategies, ensuring their fluid integration into prevailing systems and a better user experience.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Western Iowa Tech Community College Associate’s Degree – Diesel Technology

Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

KEY SKILLS

Agile Methodologies Scrum Master Certified Full Stack Development PHP Laravel Vue.js JavaScript Cloud Solutions AWS Google Cloud Platform Data-Driven Product Strategy Team Management Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment Backend Development Frontend Development Database Design Database Management MySQL Postgres E-Commerce Strategy Quality Assurance Regression Testing Test-Driven Development Product Management Technological Integration Operational Efficiency Modernization of Legacy Systems Software Development Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Data Analytics Extract Transform Load (ETL) Python Observability Redundancy

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